Inside Out Library · Explore

Illustrated Catalogue of the Noteworthy Collection of Cloisonne and Other Enamels, Old Japanese Bronzes, Sword Guards, Knife Handles, Swords, Lacquers and Fine Old Brocades : belonging to Dr. Alfred Owre of Minneapolis (1917)

American Art Association, Freer, Charles Lang, 1854-1919, former owner. DSI-F · New York : American Art Association · leaf 85

An illustration from Illustrated Catalogue of the Noteworthy Collection of Cloisonne and Other Enamels, Old Japanese Bronzes, Sword Guards, Knife Handles, Swords, Lacquers and Fine Old Brocades : belonging to Dr. Alfred Owre of Minneapolis, 1917, leaf 85
Second Afternoon … 420 — Bronze Koro or Incense Burner Of flattened melon-shape, on three feet, decorated throughout with a covering of dark green enamel, the cloison being set in the form of flying hoho-hirds. Lotus-leaf handles. Mantis and lotus metal handle to cover. Feet enameled white. Japan, seventeenth or…

Owre, Alfred · Decorative arts · Art, Japanese

Internet Archive · Smithsonian Libraries · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.

More pictures from Illustrated Catalogue of the Noteworthy Collection of Cloisonne and Other Enamels, Old Japanese Bronzes, Sword Guards, Knife Handles, Swords, Lacquers and Fine Old Brocades : belonging to Dr. Alfred Owre of Minneapolis

More like this